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our piers morgan talked to israel's president a short time ago. let's listen to some of what he said. >> obviously very serious situation that is escalating by the hour now. how do you see this resolving itself? >> well, there is also an attempt to introduce a cease-fire. we have to surprise us on the positive, the positive is the constructive wall that the egyptian president is playing right now. and we appreciate very much his efforts. the unpleasant one is the iranians. they are trying again to encourage the hamas to continue their shooting, the bombing, they are trying to send the bombs. >> and our piers morgan joins us now. piers, did you get a sense of how likely any kind of a cease-fire, even short-term, may be? >> i didn't really. i'm not sure the president knew himself. i think it is a very fluid situation. it is interesting to me that he went out of his way to praise the egyptian president, clearly think believing he is leaning towards at least trying to help the israelis in this situation. at the same time, very, very strong and stride
our piers morgan talked to israel's president a short time ago. let's listen to some of what he said. >> obviously very serious situation that is escalating by the hour now. how do you see this resolving itself? >> well, there is also an attempt to introduce a cease-fire. we have to surprise us on the positive, the positive is the constructive wall that the egyptian president is playing right now. and we appreciate very much his efforts. the unpleasant one is the iranians. they are...
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it was so touching in a recent interview piers morgan, he said i didn't want to come back unless my friends joined my. as one of them said, no one can replace larry. so it will be hard to rewrite that story line. but unfortunately it's something they'll have to do since things changed. >> thank you so much from hollywood, appreciate it. >>> another sad ending, hector comacho, the former boxing chapelon who beat such fighters as roberto durant and sugar ray leonard is dead. he was taken off life support today by his family. last night before the family made that decision, his mother told reporters in puerto rico, "for me, he's not alive." the former boxing champ was shot in the face outside a bar near san juan tuesday night. he was at first expected to survive. but his condition worsened. and he was declared clinically brain dead. >>> one of the fbi's most wanted fugitives is now in custody. jose saenz was captured thursday night in mexico. he faces prosecution in los angeles for the murder of two gang members and his girlfriend back in 1998 and another murder ten years later. saenz was adde
it was so touching in a recent interview piers morgan, he said i didn't want to come back unless my friends joined my. as one of them said, no one can replace larry. so it will be hard to rewrite that story line. but unfortunately it's something they'll have to do since things changed. >> thank you so much from hollywood, appreciate it. >>> another sad ending, hector comacho, the former boxing chapelon who beat such fighters as roberto durant and sugar ray leonard is dead. he was...
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he talked to our piers morgan about the crisis in gaza and says that ending the fighting can happen. >> if there are palestinians watch this interview who feel helpless, who feel completely poverty-stricken, they have nothing, they see no hope and they now see endless iz really rockets flying over the heads of loved ones, what do you say to them to offer proper constructive hope? >> do two things. stop shooting, start talking. it's in their hands. i want to say very seriously, we don't hate arabs. we don't hate muslims. everybody can believe in what he wants, to be what he is. we respect them. we think they have the same right to live free and successfully like any other person. >> watch the complete interview on piers morgan tonight right here on cnn at 9:00 eastern. >>> the crisis in gaza, it is not the same this go round. when you look at the map, the borders, they're the same, but the players, the influence, the countries have around israel also changed. want to bring in nick robertson from london. nick, there's been fighting in this region for as far back as anybody can remember
he talked to our piers morgan about the crisis in gaza and says that ending the fighting can happen. >> if there are palestinians watch this interview who feel helpless, who feel completely poverty-stricken, they have nothing, they see no hope and they now see endless iz really rockets flying over the heads of loved ones, what do you say to them to offer proper constructive hope? >> do two things. stop shooting, start talking. it's in their hands. i want to say very seriously, we...
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the private owners of the pier say they are waiting on their insurance company to tell them what they can and cannot do. >> reporter: all right. new york city can be idealic during the holiday season, but as alison kosik shows us, the fantasy has been disrupted by nasty reality and the aftermath of superstorm sandy. >> reporter: in 2011 over 50 million visitors to new york spent $32 billion attending shows like the christmas spectacular, shopping on fifth avenue, and riding around the island on the circle line. superstorm sandy has pretty much guaranteed that record won't be topped. in hard-hit lower manhattan the world's biggest financial companies reopened quickly, but that's not the case for many small shops and restaurants in the area and tourist attractions like the meesh statue of liberty. >> i don't think that the impact on tourism will be felt only in lower manhattan. we have some museums and attractions that are not yet open and some that are partially open, so i think we'l h here. >> reporter: down the jersey shore, they're worried about the summer. >> the boardwalk we walke
the private owners of the pier say they are waiting on their insurance company to tell them what they can and cannot do. >> reporter: all right. new york city can be idealic during the holiday season, but as alison kosik shows us, the fantasy has been disrupted by nasty reality and the aftermath of superstorm sandy. >> reporter: in 2011 over 50 million visitors to new york spent $32 billion attending shows like the christmas spectacular, shopping on fifth avenue, and riding around...
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the casino pier, it's roller coaster dumped out to sea. still largely intact, bizarrely and the fun time pier and well-known to so many people around the united states, particularly in the northeast. that's utterly destroyed on the seaside front. just an extraordinary amount of damage, entire businesses have gone. we have talked to one of the business owners out there and he was telling us, you know, he grew up there. had a business there for 20 years and standing on the sand and he said, my business was above us. it's all gone now. the amount of cost that could be involved in this is staggering. i want to have a quick word with the mayor of the area. and sir, thanks for being with us. >> thank you. >> reporter: your reaction to the sort of damage we are talking about. >> well, i think that this hurricane has been to katrina of toms river. i've been over at the beach. we have six miles of beach there and particularly that area, it's absolutely devastated. pictures in the paper of helicopters, showed the houses off their foundations. blown
the casino pier, it's roller coaster dumped out to sea. still largely intact, bizarrely and the fun time pier and well-known to so many people around the united states, particularly in the northeast. that's utterly destroyed on the seaside front. just an extraordinary amount of damage, entire businesses have gone. we have talked to one of the business owners out there and he was telling us, you know, he grew up there. had a business there for 20 years and standing on the sand and he said, my...
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ambassador, last night you told our piers morgan that israel was still allowing humanitarian aid to flow into gaza and even letting gazans go to israeli hospitals. is that still the case? >> it is. in fact, the number of gazans that were let out of the gaza strip into israeli hospitals increased significantly today. >> at this point, can a ground war be avoided for israel? what is the trigger here, the point at which it's too late to turn back? >> well, we certainly hope so. but it really is up to hamas. if hamas continues to escalate, continues to keep 5.5 million israelis under rocket fire, that's an intolerable situation for any country, anywhere in the world. and israel will take all necessary and legitimate measures to defend its citizens, including ground operations. >> i have to run here, but i think it's a fair question that i want to ask you. i was speaking to our very own jim clancy yesterday, who has covered this region since the 1980s. i'm not sure if you're aware of the conversation, but he said, essentially, that the strategy that israel is using at this point is antiquated
ambassador, last night you told our piers morgan that israel was still allowing humanitarian aid to flow into gaza and even letting gazans go to israeli hospitals. is that still the case? >> it is. in fact, the number of gazans that were let out of the gaza strip into israeli hospitals increased significantly today. >> at this point, can a ground war be avoided for israel? what is the trigger here, the point at which it's too late to turn back? >> well, we certainly hope so....
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israeli president shimon peres will join "piers morgan tonight" at 9:00 eastern. is year. so why exactly should that be of any interest to you? well, in that time there've been some good days. and some difficult ones. but, through it all, we've persevered, supporting some of the biggest ideas in modern history. like the transatlantic cable that connected continents. and the panama canal that made our world a smaller place. we supported the marshall plan that helped europe regain its strength. and pioneered the atm, so you can get cash when you want it. it's been our privilege to back ideas like these, and the leaders behind them. so why should our anniversary matter to you? because for 200 years, we've been helping people and their ideas move from ambition to achievement. and the next great idea could be yours. ♪ >>> it's clear from the surveillance film there was never a protest. >> you basically think it was put out there because they didn't want to have the direct conversation about this being a terrorist attack? you think -- >> i think until you hear a better explana
israeli president shimon peres will join "piers morgan tonight" at 9:00 eastern. is year. so why exactly should that be of any interest to you? well, in that time there've been some good days. and some difficult ones. but, through it all, we've persevered, supporting some of the biggest ideas in modern history. like the transatlantic cable that connected continents. and the panama canal that made our world a smaller place. we supported the marshall plan that helped europe regain its...
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barbara starr is live at the piers morgan and, dana, i want to begin with you. we heard from one of the lawmakers in the house committee at one of those stakeouts when the first round of questioning began and the suggestion was that it was tough. can you enlighten us? >> that's right. we were told by democrats and republicans coming out and of course this is a classified briefing so there is only so much they can say, but they it talking and they talked about the fact that, yes, there were tough questions asked of david petraeus and the most important question or most important issue and barbara starr reported this yesterday going in that a source close to petraeus was saying that he really wanted to try to clear up the fact that he was here and he, petraeus was here, in the days after the attack and apparently according to some lawmakers seemed to suggest much more that it was the result of a demonstration after this anti-muslim video ran in the middle east and he wanted to clear up the fact that, no, it is not the only thing there was, there was another stream
barbara starr is live at the piers morgan and, dana, i want to begin with you. we heard from one of the lawmakers in the house committee at one of those stakeouts when the first round of questioning began and the suggestion was that it was tough. can you enlighten us? >> that's right. we were told by democrats and republicans coming out and of course this is a classified briefing so there is only so much they can say, but they it talking and they talked about the fact that, yes, there...
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that was piers morgan tonight -- last night. >>> his group, american for tax reform is behind that no-tax pledge that's signed by the majority of republicans in congress. but now a few high-profile members of the gop are openingly questioning their pledge and saying it may stand in the way of getting a fiscal cliff deal done. that's one side of the equation. in exchange, those republicans say, look, we'll back down. but not if we don't get something for it. we want some entitlement reform. here are the big three entitlements -- social security, medicaid, and medicare, combined they make up 43% of federal spending last year. joining me is john avalon, cnn contributor, senior political columnist for "newsweek" and "the daily beast. "and all around very smart person. you have a column out about this. it's great reading. a lot of math in it. tons of math. >> i was told there would be no math, but there's math. >> a chevy chase line that bears repeating. math means two sides of the equation. >> math is not partisan. >> math is not partisan. there's coverage about republicans and what they're w
that was piers morgan tonight -- last night. >>> his group, american for tax reform is behind that no-tax pledge that's signed by the majority of republicans in congress. but now a few high-profile members of the gop are openingly questioning their pledge and saying it may stand in the way of getting a fiscal cliff deal done. that's one side of the equation. in exchange, those republicans say, look, we'll back down. but not if we don't get something for it. we want some entitlement...
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sometimes bringing it in on another barge to get it to land when the piers are damaged and shipping it out to locations so they can get it on the road to bring it back into the hardest hit areas. >> all right. that's susan candiotti. >> we have good news here. when a storm of this size hits, neighbors, they try to get through it together. they rally together. it has been the case this week as well. you have some new yorkers who have power, and what are they doing? they're putting out the electrical outlets from their homes. you can see it there. so people can charge their cell phones, communicate with each other. there are other folks who even ride stationary bike to create cell power for phone power, and doctors are offering free medical care in other places, and some new york restaurants are even putting out tables of free food. >>> time magazine making two cases now for who the next president should be. one for president obama. one for mitt romney. we're going to take a look at the arguments for each candidate with just four days to go. what if there was a new way to deal with money
sometimes bringing it in on another barge to get it to land when the piers are damaged and shipping it out to locations so they can get it on the road to bring it back into the hardest hit areas. >> all right. that's susan candiotti. >> we have good news here. when a storm of this size hits, neighbors, they try to get through it together. they rally together. it has been the case this week as well. you have some new yorkers who have power, and what are they doing? they're putting...
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and who the hell are you to tell me -- >> last night on cnn senator mccain explained that outburst to piers morgan. >> the thing amusing about it is it is not a big deal and he said -- i said i have no comment and he said you can't have no comment. i said what? i can't have no comment? since when? look, these back and forth things happen. these guys follow you around. reporters follow you around and they have their job to do and sometimes i am nice to them and sometimes i tell them to take a hike. >> mccain also explained it was a scheduling error and said he attended a different briefing later and also point out he is on three or four committees investigating benghazi. >>> this is breaking news. >> breaking news to tell you about coming out of jerusalem. just moments ago some kind of rocket fire occurred there and we saw smoke coming from the city of jerusalem. as you know, rocket fire has been exchanged between gaza city and israel for the past two days. there was supposed to be a cease-fire in place for two hours today because egyptian officials were visiting gaza city. apparently that d
and who the hell are you to tell me -- >> last night on cnn senator mccain explained that outburst to piers morgan. >> the thing amusing about it is it is not a big deal and he said -- i said i have no comment and he said you can't have no comment. i said what? i can't have no comment? since when? look, these back and forth things happen. these guys follow you around. reporters follow you around and they have their job to do and sometimes i am nice to them and sometimes i tell them...
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michael mukasey spoke with piers morgan. take a listen. >> it has, as you've pointed out, elements of absurdity of it, elements that as we talked about before would be rejected if they were proffered as part of a -- forget hollywood, a daytime television soap opera. those i think are secondary. those are things like how did the investigation get started and the shirtless fbi agent and all of that sort of thing. taking it, though, a step further, a question of whether the president was informed and if not, why not, those questions i think are fundamental. >> right. go back to when you were attorney general, would you have felt an obligation to inform the president or somebody senior at the white house if you got wind of this kind of scandal enveloping the boss of the cia? >> well, easy to say what i would have felt, i think there was a protocol in place about what -- who could talk to the white house, the attorney general was definitely one of the two people who could under any circumstances and the deputy attorney general wa
michael mukasey spoke with piers morgan. take a listen. >> it has, as you've pointed out, elements of absurdity of it, elements that as we talked about before would be rejected if they were proffered as part of a -- forget hollywood, a daytime television soap opera. those i think are secondary. those are things like how did the investigation get started and the shirtless fbi agent and all of that sort of thing. taking it, though, a step further, a question of whether the president was...
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kelly talked to our piers morgan about what it was like to be in that courtroom. >> it was certainly a little stressful. it was tense. especially when he walked in the room. when he responded to the judge. after a while i got to settle down a bit but just sitting there for all of the other victim impact statements is really a tough thing. you know, gabby said afterwards for her the biggest emotion was just sadness to hear story after story of what the impact of this horrible day had on people. it was really difficult. >> as kelly mentioned, some of the victims spoke in court directing their words at loughner. susan hileman said this, if you point ed a weapon at me and shot me. over the last several months, i wanted to take you by the shoulder and shake you and scream at you. it's an awful situation and it's all because of you. >> mary reed who was among the wounded blamed loughner for introducing her children to something sinister and evil. she said my children will forever remember the moments of people when they died, the smell of blood everywhere. loughner pleaded guilty to 19 cha
kelly talked to our piers morgan about what it was like to be in that courtroom. >> it was certainly a little stressful. it was tense. especially when he walked in the room. when he responded to the judge. after a while i got to settle down a bit but just sitting there for all of the other victim impact statements is really a tough thing. you know, gabby said afterwards for her the biggest emotion was just sadness to hear story after story of what the impact of this horrible day had on...
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norquist told cnn's piers morgan that the pledge is a -- not a pledge of convenience, his latest target in a growing field of republicans who say they might reconsider the promise is new york republican congressman peter king. >> the pledge is not for life. but everybody who signed the pledge including peter king who tried y ed tied to weasel out oe on him as the new york sun said today, i hope his wife understands the commitments last a little longer than two years or something. but you don't tell the bank, oh, the mortgage, wasn't that a long time ago? if you make a commitment, you keep it. >> now, despite what he said it likely that high earners will pay higher taxes. what sort of benefits could others lose in this trade-off? something has got to give, doesn't it? one idea, get rid of the tax benefit that homeowners get by being able to deduct mortgage interests. hold on. don't throw the remote at the tv set. i know it is a popular deduction. i know you like it. but it costs the feds $100 billion a year in -- and it is a dubious benefit to the federal government. the housing industry
norquist told cnn's piers morgan that the pledge is a -- not a pledge of convenience, his latest target in a growing field of republicans who say they might reconsider the promise is new york republican congressman peter king. >> the pledge is not for life. but everybody who signed the pledge including peter king who tried y ed tied to weasel out oe on him as the new york sun said today, i hope his wife understands the commitments last a little longer than two years or something. but you...
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earlier today piers morgan spoke with israeli president shimon peres. let's take a quick listen. one moment. >> we will work with the people of gaza to try not to make their lives difficult. gaza is open, the economic situation was improved and we don't know why all of a sudden they decided to shoot. >> so that was the president shimon peres. is that accurate portrayal? >> yeah, i think there is a lot of truth in what he said actually. i strongly disagreed with the characterization you just had from the spokeswoman, but i think that's not unfair. i think between the last conflict between israel and hamas at the end of 2008, beginning of 2009, after that, the hamas rulers in gaza i thought -- the people on the ground thought that they had more to lose from a conflict with israel and violence with israel. so they talked a lot about armed resistance, but they fired very few rockets and they didn't let anybody else do it. because of the internal power struggle and because they want to say to the external leadership and to everybody else in hamas, hey, we rule gaza and we do the fight
earlier today piers morgan spoke with israeli president shimon peres. let's take a quick listen. one moment. >> we will work with the people of gaza to try not to make their lives difficult. gaza is open, the economic situation was improved and we don't know why all of a sudden they decided to shoot. >> so that was the president shimon peres. is that accurate portrayal? >> yeah, i think there is a lot of truth in what he said actually. i strongly disagreed with the...
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we're getting visual pictures from the overhead, the extent of the damage underneath with foundations, piers, the integrity of our streets, we've had a problem with sinkholes throughout the county. once we can get a final, real good assessment, then we can start the planning stages and see -- and then we're going to -- we're going to rebuild. there is no question in my mind, we'll rebuild. . but some critics say some of those homes that were destroyed by sandy should not be rebuilt. some of those neighborhoods should not be replaced. maybe this amusement park should not be what it was before. are those critics right? >> i -- i don't -- i guess maybe one of the good things, i've been cut off from so much that i don't have to listen to that. i know that what's important to the people of seaside heights is going to be foremost in my mind. and there's millions of people around the country that have been affected by this that i promise you want to see seaside heights rebuilt. part of the charm was the small little cot taxetagecottages, an landscape was unmistakable, you knew where you were. visua
we're getting visual pictures from the overhead, the extent of the damage underneath with foundations, piers, the integrity of our streets, we've had a problem with sinkholes throughout the county. once we can get a final, real good assessment, then we can start the planning stages and see -- and then we're going to -- we're going to rebuild. there is no question in my mind, we'll rebuild. . but some critics say some of those homes that were destroyed by sandy should not be rebuilt. some of...